The Supreme Court has rejected the "moment-of-threat" rule, which shielded officers from civil liability in police shooting ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Texas man who was shot and killed during a traffic ...

The Supreme Court has revived a civil rights lawsuit against a Texas police officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic ...

The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a Texas woman's civil rights lawsuit against a Houston police officer who fatally ...

The broader standard is likely to make it easier for victims to prove allegations of excessive force in court.

The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit by Janice Hughes against Houston police officer Roberto Felix Jr. for the fatal ...

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reinstated a civil rights lawsuit against Texas police officer Roberto Felix Jr., who fatally shot Ashtian Barnes during a 2016 traffic stop in Houston.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare unanimous ruling in Barnes versus Felix. Barnes versus Felix concerned the use of ...

He was on his way to pick up his girlfriend’s daughter from school, according to Hughes. Roberto Felix Jr., a traffic ...